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Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Fire Safety and Organisational Statistics, Scotland, 2013-14
Statistical bulletin providing information on the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. Topics covered include Home Fire Safety Visits, stations, equipment, workforce and attacks on personnel at incidents.
Table 13: Headcount and percentage of Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Workforce by type of staffing and age range, as of 31 March 2014
| Number | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age range(2) | Wholetime operational | Retained Duty System | Control | Support Staff | Volunteer (1) | All Staff | All Staff (excluding volunteers) |
| Under 20 | - | 13 | - | - | 29 | 42 | 13 |
| 20-29 | 302 | 438 | 12 | 69 | 32 | 853 | 821 |
| 30-39 | 1,254 | 691 | 46 | 174 | 58 | 2,223 | 2,165 |
| 40-44 | 888 | 540 | 34 | 142 | 63 | 1,667 | 1,604 |
| 45-49 | 1,024 | 635 | 42 | 153 | 89 | 1,943 | 1,854 |
| 50-54 | 486 | 370 | 52 | 160 | 48 | 1,116 | 1,068 |
| 55-65 | 47 | 253 | 37 | 248 | 38 | 623 | 585 |
| 66 and over | - | - | - | 15 | 2 | 17 | 15 |
| Scotland | 4,001 | 2,940 | 223 | 961 | 359 | 8,484 | 8,125 |
| Percentage | |||||||
| Age range(2) | Wholetime operational | Retained Duty System | Control | Support Staff | Volunteer (1) | All Staff | All Staff (excluding volunteers) |
| Under 20 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - |
| 20-29 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| 30-39 | 31 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 26 | 27 |
| 40-44 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 |
| 45-49 | 26 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 25 | 23 | 23 |
| 50-54 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 55-65 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
| 66 and over | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Scotland | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Notes
(1) - this also includes staff who are in Community Response Units (CRU)
(2) - Retirement age varies depending on type of staffing, please refer to section 6.4
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